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The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, 3 Volume Set
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The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, 3 Volume Set Tapa dura - 2011 - 1st Edición

de Michael Ryan (Editor); Gregory Castle (Volume Editor); Robert Eaglestone (Volume Editor)


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This is the first comprehensive multi-volume encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory. Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory. With explanations of complex terms and important theoretical concepts, and summaries of the work and ideas of key figures, it is a highly informative reference work for a multi-disciplinary readership

  • Part of the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature
  • Contains over 300 entries of 1000-7000 words written by an international cast of nearly 300 leading scholars in literary and cultural theory
  • Provides explanations of complex terms, important theoretical concepts, and tools for critical analysis
  • Provides summaries of the work and ideas of key figures such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Slavoj Zizek, and many more
  • Online version provides students and researchers with 24/7 access to authoritative reference and powerful searching, browsing and cross-referencing capabilities
  • Special introductory price available

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With more than 300 accessible entries on the important concepts, theorists, and trends in post-1900 literary and cultural theory, The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory provides a highly informative reference work in this multidisciplinary field. The entries provide explanations of complex terms and important theoretical concepts, as well as summaries of the work and ideas of key figures.

Arranged in three volumes, Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the Present, and Cultural Theory, the entries cover all aspects of twentieth-century literary and cultural theory from Russian formalism to structuralism, new historicism to narratology, and performativity to diaspora.

Detalles

  • Título The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory, 3 Volume Set
  • Autor Michael Ryan (Editor); Gregory Castle (Volume Editor); Robert Eaglestone (Volume Editor)
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Número de edición 1st
  • Edición 1
  • Páginas 1544
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Wiley-Blackwell, West Sussex, UK
  • Fecha de publicación 2011
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9781405183123 / 1405183128
  • Peso 7.54 libras (3.42 kg)
  • Dimensiones 8.5 x 10.9 x 4.8 pulgadas (21.59 x 27.69 x 12.19 cm)
  • Temas
    • Aspects (Academic): Reference
  • Library of Congress subjects Criticism, Literature - History and criticism - Theory,
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2010029411
  • Dewey Decimal Code 801.950

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  • Choice, 07/01/2011, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 05/01/2011, Page 104
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 04/01/2011, Page 247

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General Editor
Michael Ryan teaches in the Department of Film & Media Arts at Temple University. He is co-editor (with Amitava Kumar) of Politics and Culture (www.politicsandculture.org). His books include Marxism and Deconstruction (1982), Camera Politica (with Douglas Kellner, 1986), and Politics and Culture (1989). He is the editor of Literary Theory: An Anthology (with Julie Rivkin, 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2004) and Cultural Studies: An Anthology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008). His textbooks include Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction (2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell, 2005), Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), An Introduction to Criticism (Wiley-Blackwell, forthcoming), and An Introduction to Film Analysis (forthcoming).

Volume Editors
Gregory Castle is Professor of English at Arizona State University. His publications include Postcolonial Discourses: A Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2001), Modernism and the Celtic Revival (2001), Reading the Modernist Bildungsroman (2006), and The Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).
Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Ethical Criticism: Reading after Levinas (1997), Doing English (3rd edn., 2009), The Holocaust and the Postmodern (2004), Derrida's Legacies (with Simon Glendenning, 2008), J. M. Coetzee in Theory and Practice (with Elleke Hoehmer and Katy Iddiols, 2009). He is series editor for Routledge Critical Thinkers.
M. Keith Booker is the James E. and Ellen Wadley Roper Professor of English and Director of the Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The Science Fiction Handbook (with Anne-Marie Thomas, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

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